I do some of my best stand-up comedy during sound checks.

I don't care if you hate me or love me, as long as I make you think.

With every breath, I'm deeper in you.

Catholicism is not a soothing religion. It's a painful religion. We're all gluttons for punishment.

I became an overachiever to get approval from the world.

I want to be like Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, and John Lennon... but I want to stay alive.

I'm not interested in being Wonder Woman in the delivery room. Give me drugs.

I always acted like a star long before I was one.

Better to live one year as a tiger, then a hundred as sheep.

Power is being told you're not loved and not being destroyed by it.

As much good as it does, social media can also encourage stupidity and degradation.

Eat what you desire, but dress like other people.

One can't indefinitely do for somebody what he is reluctant to do for himself.

I liked the fact that I was forced to get inside of my emotions and to really try to figure out a lot of what I was going through.

Because it's there. (when asked why he wanted to climb Everest)

Intelligence and capability are not enough. There must be the joy of doing something beautiful.

Expression is not a matter of passion mirrored on the human face or revealed by a violent gesture. When I paint a picture, its every detail is expressive.

Father: 'Anything but journalism.' I rebelled.

Love is a big word. I believe in Love. I believe that God is Love.

Mark my words, nothing smells worse than burned scorpion.

My name may be Thom Yorke, but only I can call me Thom Yorke.